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Police in the Scottish Borders are trying to find the rider of a motorbike which crashed leaving the passenger seriously injured.

The incident happened while the bike was being ridden off-road in Selkirk on Saturday morning at around 8.30am.

A 28-year-old man, believed to be the pillion passenger, suffered a serious head injury.

He's being treated at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.

It's believed the rider of the bike fled the scene.

Police are looking for anybody who was in the Riverside Road area close to Victoria Park and the leisure centre at the time to come forward.

This incident has left a young man with serious injuries and we are very keen to trace the rider of the motorcycle.
If you saw this incident, or the off-road motorcycle around the time of the crash, or have any information that can help us with our inquires, please get in touch.

Thomas Clark pens a poem with inspiration from young players Credit: ITV Border

Selkirk Football Club has become the first in Scotland to combine the beautiful game and the written word with its very own poet in residence.

Award-winning poet Thomas Clark, who lives in Hawick, has become the club's latest signing.

He will write poetry for the club's programme and website, and he hopes his words will inspire the team to do well in the Scottish Cup.

He said:

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What I am looking to do is reflect the Borders pride and tradition in my poetry, and specifically the pride and tradition of Selkirk FC. The good times and bad times, because that's a big part of football. Anyone can support Real Madrid when they are winning Champions League after Champions League but for me the real poetry and romance in poetry is here, not at the big clubs.

– Thomas Clark, Selkirk FC poet in residence

Selkirk FC's poet in residence Thomas Clark Credit: ITV Border

Selkirk FC chairman Ross Anderson says he hopes the new signing will encourage more people to watch football.

Football is a diverse sport with a diverse audience and we thought this was a great idea. We hope it will encourage more people from all walks of life to watch football because there is more than just the sport on the pitch. There is loads of opportunities on and off it.

Selkirk in the Scottish Borders hosted elite mountain bikers from all over the country this weekend, as they competed in the British Mountain Bike Marathon Championships. Fiona Marley Paterson was there.